Bout of Books 17: Master Post

It's Bout of Books time again! If you are interested in learning more or signing up, click on the image above to be taken to the read-a-thon blog. Welcome to my master post. Here I will be keeping track of my reading for the week.

Check out my Bout of Books 17: Sign-up! post for my TBR list.
Wishing all of the other participants the best of luck and happy reading!

Bout of Books 17: Master Post

Overall Totals

Total # of Books Completed	Total # of Pages Read	Total # of Challenges Completed
2	321 + 30 mins (Audio)	1

Friday, August 26, 2016

Books Read:	Pages Read:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie                      Babbitt	56 pages

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Books Read:	Pages Read:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie                      Babbitt Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson                   Levine	10 pgs 15 minutes (Audio)

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Books Read:	Pages Read:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie                       Babbitt Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson                   Levine	23 pgs. 15 mins. (Audio)

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Books Read:	Pages Read:
The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2) by Carolyn Keene Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit	81 pgs (COMPLETED) 50 pgs

Monday, August 22, 2016

Books Read:	Pages Read:
The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew #2) by Carolyn Keene	101 pgs

Books to Movie Challenge

My Favourite Book to Movie Adaptations: There are so many book to movie adaptations that I love.. here are three of my most recently read/watched. 

• Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. The movie adaptation stars one of my favourite actors; Tom Hanks. I found the movie to be just as exciting as the book.
• Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood. Although the movie did stray away from the book in several ways, it stars Zac Efron, Hehe. 
• Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo. One of the most beautiful books and movies I've seen to date. 

My Least Favourite Book to Movie Adaptations: 

• Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. The movie adaptation with Isla Fisher was cute, but nothing at all like the book, which is disappointing. This would have made for a great British comedy, instead it was Americanized. 
• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. This movie adaptation broke my heart. Sure it is a cute Disney movie, but it didn't follow the book AT ALL. 

Bout of Books 17: Sign Up!

Its that time again! Bout of Books is coming up soon and I am excited to be participating again! What is Bout of Books, you ask? Bout of Books is a week long read-a-thon. It is low pressure, with a lot of fun challenges. 
The read-a-thon will be held from August 22 to August 28. 
If you are interested in learning more or signing up yourself, please visit:
http://boutofbooks.blogspot.ca/

The last Bout of Books was held in May and I didn't have a specifically set TBR for the Read-a-thon, I just read from my monthly list and then picked up a couple books from the library.

This time around I've done a bit of pre-planning. Here is my Bout of Books TBR and my goals for the week.

My Bout-of-Books 17 TBR

And if I am successful completing these four books I will continue on with my already scheduled TBR for August. 

My Goals

1. To complete the four books mentioned above. 
2. To participate in as many challenges as I'm able.
3. To visit the blogs of the other participants. 
4. To post pictures on Instagram throughout the week.
5. To have fun and not let myself get stressed. 

Bout of Books 16 Master Post

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 16 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Sign-up Post

Bout of Books 16
Overall Totals

Total Pages Read: 747
Total Books Completed: 3

Total Challenges Completed: 3

Sunday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 88

Books Read: 

Banished From Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart (88pgs)

Books Completed: 1

Banished From Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: And thats a wrap on Bout of Books 16! I started and finished a total of 3 books which I am very happy with. Looking forward to Bout of Books 17.

Saturday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 95

Books Read:

Banished From Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart (95 pgs)

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: I was able to get more reading done on Day 6 than I was on Day 5. I made good progress with Banished, although I'm not sure if I will be able to get it done on the final day of the read-a-thon. I will try my best though. 

Friday Stats

Total Pages Read: 72

Books Read:

The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter (52pgs)

Banished From Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart (20pgs)

Books Completed: 1

The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: I find as the week winds down I participate less and less in the challenges. I am happy I finished a book today and hope to complete one more before the end of the read-a-thon. 

Thursday Stats 

Total Pages Read: 67

Books Read:

The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: I read a lot less on Day 4, unfortunately, but I am still making decent progress. 

Wednesday Stats

Total Pages Read: 130

Books Read:
The Quieting (The Bishops Family, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher 57pgs 

The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter 73pgs

Books Completed: 1

The Quieting (The Bishops Family, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Challenges Completed: 1

Challenge 3: 5 Favourites

My Top 5 Books Read in 2016 (So far)
1. The Girls from See-Saw Lane (Brighton Girls Trilogy Book 1) by Sandy Taylor
2. Breaking the Story by Ashley Farley
3. The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
4. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
5. The Quieting (The Bishops Family #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Comments: Another successful day. I completed The Quieting and started The Girls They Left Behind. Hopefully I will complete my second book on day 4. 

Tuesday Stats

Total Pages Read: 145

Books Read: The Quieting (The Bishops Family, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 1

Challenge 2: Shelfie

Comments: Another good day of reading with great progress made. I plan to finish reading the last few chapters of The Quieting on day 3. Then I will begin reading one of the books from my library haul.

Monday Stats

Total Pages Read: 150

Books Read: The Quieting (The Bishops Family, #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 1

Challenge 1: Introduce yourself in six words

A Canadian blogger and book lover. 

Comments: I am really pleased with my progress on day 1. I read a total of 150 pages, which is more than I anticipated. Off to a good start. I even did a bit of a library haul, picking up some potential reads for later in the read-a-thon.

Bout of Books 16 Library Book Haul

1. Vinyl Cafe Diaries (Vinyl Cafe, #4) by Stuart McLean
2. The Girls They Left Behind by Bernice Thurman Hunter 
3. Banished from Out Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard (Dear Canada) by Sharon Stewart 

Bout of Books 16 Sign-up and TBR

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 16 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Ahhh! Its Bout of Books time once again. And I just realized it.. 2 1/2 hours into the read-a-thon. Thankfully it isn't too late to sign up and jump on board. So here is my sign up page!

I don't have a TBR set for this week (other than my already planned TBR for the Month of May) so I am just going to wing it.

Here goes nothing..

Bout of Books 15 Master Post

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

My Sign-up Post and Read-a-thon TBR

Bout of Books Read-a-thon 15 Wrap-up

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 375

Total Books Read: 5

Total Books Completed:4

Dispite the fact that my progress seemed to die out towards the end of the week, I am very happy with the books I completed and read. The first three books were short stories, so they didn't take me long to read. I picked shorter books this time for this reason. Also because it is a great way to stock pile reviews. The last book I was in the middle of when the read-a-thon began, so it was nice to be able to finish that up. 

Unfortunately I didn't participate in all of the challenges and I didn't interact very much with the other participants. Hopefully I will remedy that when the next read-a-thon comes around.

 

 

Sunday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 0

Books Read: 0

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: Yep.. big fat zeros all down the board for me on this last day of BOB. Basically I slept.. all day long and didn't pick up a book at all. Not a great way to cap off the week, I know, but it happened

Saturday Stats: 
Total Pages Read: 35

Books Read:
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: Do you ever have those days where you thought that you read more than you actually did? Yep that was Day 6 for me. I didn't participate in the challenge either. :(

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 375

Total Books Read: 5

Total Books Completed:4

Friday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 28

Books Read:

 The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

Books Completed: 0

Challenges Completed: 0

Comments: Clearly not such a great day in reading. And I didn't participate in the challenge. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 340

Total Books Read: 5

Total Books Completed:4

Thursday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 61
Books Read: 1
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede

Books Completed: 1

Challenges Completed: 0
Comments: I'm glad I was able to finish off this book that I had been reading previous to the read-a-thon. Unfortunately I didn't participate in the challenge.


Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 312

Total Books Read:4

Total Books Completed:4

Wednesday Stats: 
Total Pages Read: 40

Books Read:

The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede

Books Completed: 0
Challenges Completed: 1


Challenge 3: The Rainbow Author Challenge hosted by Ranty Runt of a Reader


R- Rosnay, Tatiana de
O- Oke, Janette
Y- Young, Wm. Paul
G- Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
B- Brashares, Ann
I- Ius, Dawn
V- Vonnegut, Kurt

Comments: Eh, only 40 pages read today. Not so great, but I did participate in the challenge and I am enjoying the book I'm reading. I hope to get it finished on day 4.

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 251

Total Books Read:4

Total Books Completed: 3

Tuesday Stats: 

Total Pages Read: 62

Books Read:

Steak in a Drawer by Eric Conroy

Books Completed: 1

Total Challenges Completed: 1


 Challenge 2: Would You Rather? Hosted by Writing My Own Fairy Tale

1. Would you rather: Lend books to someone who dog-ears or to someone who reads with cheesy Cheetos fingers?Both of these options make me cringe, but I'd go with someone who dog-ears because then I could still read the book again.
2. Would you rather: Be able to meet one character of your choice or meet one author of your choice?I would rather meet the author because they know their characters better than anyone else, so in turn you are essentially meeting both.
3. Would you rather: Never be allowed in a bookstore again or never be allowed in a library again?I would go with never being allowed to go into a bookstore again. Mostly because it would save me a lot of money, ha!
4. Would you rather: Have to choose one of your favourite characters to die in their book or have to pick one of your favourite couples to break up in their book?One of my favourite couples to break up because that way at least I can still enjoy these individual characters. And there is always the chance they could reunite.
5. Would you rather: Be required to read Twilight once a year for the rest of your life or The Scarlet Letter once a year for the rest of your life? I have never read either of these books, but reading The Scarlet Letter interests me more than Twilight.
   
   

Comments: I didn't spend as much time reading on day 2, but I did start and finish 1 book. I also participated in the challenge. So far I am happy with my progress.

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 211

Total Books Read: 3

Total Books Completed: 3

Total Challenges Completed: 2

Monday Stats:

Total Pages Read: 149

Books Read: 2
Total Time Read: 2.1 hrs

Books Completed:
The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon
Full House by Maeve Binchy 

Total Challenges Completed: 1

Challenge 1: Introduce yourself using only 6 words.

#insixwords #boutofbooks

A Canadian blogger and book lover.

Comments: I am really happy with my progress for Day 1. I read two short stories and participated in the first challenge.

Overall Bout of Books Stats:

Total Pages Read: 149
Total Time Read: 2.1
Total Books Completed: 2

Total Challenges Completed:1

Bout of Books 15 Sign-up and TBR

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 15 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Its Bout of Books time once again! This week long event is one of my favourite read-a-thons to participate in. It kicks off in just over 2 hours and I am excited to see what progress I can make.

The past two times I took part in this read-a-thon I just tried my best to complete the books I was already reading. But this time I decided to change things up a little bit.

I have selected 3 short books that I will be reading and only when I complete those will I allow myself to continue on with the books I am currently in the middle of.

So here is my Bout of Books 15 TBR:

The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon
Full House by Maeve Binchy

Steak in a Drawer by Eric Conroy

Then once I have completed those three books I will continue on with:

The Day the World Came to Town: 911 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

I would like to wish the best of luck to all who are participating. 

Happy reading to all!